Improved dumping-machine



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, I Dumpng Wagon.

No. 97,252. Patented Nov. 23, 1869. I

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BENJAMIN WALTON, or FARISBURG, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No. 97 ,252, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVED DUMPNG-MACHIN The Schedule refen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part o: the same;

To all who-m z't 'may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WALTON, of Farishurg, in the count-y of Livingston, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuahle Improvement in Dnmping Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the constrnction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this s'pecification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Fignre 1, of the drawings, is a top plan view of my invention.

Fignre 2 is a longitndinal section of the same.

My invention relates to means for unloadng the contents of a wagon-body; and

It consists, mainly, in 'the constrnction and arrangement of devices in a novel manner, bywhich the object above mentioned may be readily'and effectually attained.

The letter A of the drawings represents a bin or reeeptacle beneath a platform into which it is designed to empty a load of grain or other snhstance from the body of a wagon, and the letter B represents a trapdoor contignons thereto.

The letter Ojs a hinged door, connecting the bin A witl'the trap-door B. It is slotted, as shown at d, to'

provide means for holding'the top of lever E, as hereinafter mentioned.

The letter E is a lever, hinged to the front side of bin A', and having a shoulder, as shown, to serve as a support for the trap-door B, when said door is in position to receive the wagon.

The letter l is a standard, attached to one sideof the rear end of the platform, and letter G is a similar standard, attached to the frane outside the hin.

from the ratolet-teeth of standard H.

The letter H represents a standard, attaehed to the frame, as shown, and having its onter side formed with ratchet-teeth, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned.

The letter K rep'esents a lever, pivoted to the standards F and G, as shown, the latter standard forming "its fnlorum of movement. This lever K is also united to the standard H by means of a staple, and is moved np and down by the side of said standarLK, as described hereafter.

The letter s represents a wire or rod, which is attached to the inner side of lever K, and works in the ratelet-t-eeth of standard H.

My device operates as follows:

When I desire to unloada wagon, I drive the same upon the trap-door of the platform, and chain the wheels firmly to said door. L next raise the hinged door O, withdraw the 'lever E until its shoulder is removed fron the trap-door, and remove 'the spring s hen this is done, and the rear end-board removed from the wagonbody, the trap-door'falls downward to the rear, and the load is dumped into the hin.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

-A dnmping-devioe, having hin A, doors B and G, levers E and K, standards E, G, and H, and spring s, oonstruoted and arranged suhstantially'as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have here i unto suhscrihed my name, in the presence of twowitnesses.

B ENJ AMIN WALTON.

witnesses:

N. E. LYMAN', JOHN DECKER. 

